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package org.apache.ignite.plugin;

import org.apache.ignite.configuration.TopologyValidator;

/**
 * The {@link CacheTopologyValidatorProvider} is used to pass an implementation of {@link TopologyValidator}s for a specific
 * cache through Ignite plugin extensions mechanism. Each cache, on startup, iterates over all registered
 * {@link CacheTopologyValidatorProvider}s and tries to obtain the instance of {@link TopologyValidator} by
 * cache name. All obtained {@link TopologyValidator}s are saved in the cache context and successively called during
 * topology validation process. The topology validation is passed if all {@link TopologyValidator}s consider that
 * the current topology is valid.
 *
 * @see TopologyValidator
 * @see Extension
 * @see PluginProvider#initExtensions(PluginContext, ExtensionRegistry)
 */
public interface CacheTopologyValidatorProvider extends Extension {
    /**
     * Provides instance of {@link TopologyValidator} for the cache with specified name.
     *
     * @param cacheName Name of the cache or cache group.
     * @return Instance of topology validator for the cache with specified name.
     */
    public TopologyValidator topologyValidator(String cacheName);
}
